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Middle-aged teacher. Overthinker. அந்தபுரத்து மகாராணி. Used to host @Lyrinktober . Follow/Unfollow as you please.

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@himsini
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So, I put my walking (running?!) shoes back on. And this time around, I want to maintain some discipline.
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@drdre4000 This was from one of my students last year and it still ranks as one of the best emails I've ever received.
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@AshGray314 @drdre4000 Yes, two extra days. :))
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@himsini
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No, YOU misunderstood it as a masterpiece.
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misunderstood masterpiece?
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Here's how my 2021 went. Hoping for a better and safer New Year. Cheers!
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@himsini
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Said Taxi Driver:
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Today I am in New Delhi for a dance conference. My Punjabi taxi driver is asking me “Suna hai ki is election mein Tamilnadu ki Annamalai shayad kaamyab hoga?“ (I have heard that someone called Annamalai may be successful in the election?) imagine my surprise!
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Rate your hashtag skills from 0 to MohanVaidya.
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@himsini
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In the taxes we pay.
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@mkstalin @narendramodi South asking North for help? Where is the pride?
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"Naa vibe-la kkren bro" will be my answer to all questions hereafter.
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Hi, auto correct changed 'master bedroom' to 'matter bedroom' and I've sent the message to my interior designer without checking. How is your day going?
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@himsini
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Let's not forget that Vikraman did it before GVM. Chicklet Chicklet Chittukuruvi >>>Thalli Pogadhey
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The main roads are always 'back'. The interior lanes will tell you a different story about the true spirit of any city. Summa kelambida vendiyadhu.
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Beauty of chennai is it bounces back in one day 🔥🔥 #chennai #chennairains
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"Many of us were the unplanned children of talented, creative women whose lives had been changed by unplanned and unwanted pregnancies; we witnessed their bitterness, their rage, their disappointment with their lot in life." (1/2)
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Australian fielding today.
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Night curfew it seems! Ponga boss, enga veetla ellam naa porandhadhulerndhu adhaan.
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இல்ல. நீ?!
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Wait, this is Ponniyin Selvan.
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Perfection
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Sorry, but I'm howling. (via Whatsapp)
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There, I fixed it for you.
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My heart just melted into a puddle. Also, why I do what I do. 🥰🥰🥰❣️
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Ghar se nilkalte Kuch door hi.... chalte hi....
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@himsini
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Spaces - but for introverts. We can all log in, keep quiet and send emojis before logging out.
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Do you remember how our teachers would walk around with a bunch of papers while invigilating an exam and ask you pull one paper jutting out of the stack if you needed an additional sheet instead of handing it over to us?
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Immigration check in Kailasa.
@azenithromycin
Sophie | Free 𓂆
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What is this event? Wrong answers only.
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Come let's go for a food walk.
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Me: Post lockdown scene. (whenever that might be 🙄)
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The absolute WORST part of sending Amma my pictures is that she'll immediately post them as her Whatsapp status with some really cheesy messages like "my cute daughter" or some such.🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ Neither am I cute nor was she like this before. Weird.
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@himsini
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Raja's Space nu title paathu join pannaa, host pEru Raja it seems.
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WITHOUT GOOGLING Name a famous historic battle.
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Exhibit 1357732 for how Memebois are helping us win this pandemic. (via WhatsApp)
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Anne Hathaway is 39 and not 83. This place is not so kind to old people and it don't know why it's annoying me so much. "OMG, Dhoni is so cool at 40, waaaaw!" How do you expect people to be at 40? Drop d& @d is it? 😭
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"And we were clear that there could be no genuine sexual liberation for women and men without better, safer contraceptives - without the right to a safe, legal abortion." - from the book 'Feminism is for Everybody' by bell hooks.
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@himsini
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In Varane Avashyamund, Shobana *can sing *dances like a peacock *knows French and can TEACH too *is everyone's favourite *is ruthlessly romantic *can hula hoop *is a fitness trainer *celebrates simple joys of life *and LOOKS LIKE A MILLION BUCKS!! Why are y'all doing this to me?!
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@himsini
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Keep punching down because we are easy targets. I worked the whole day today-attending meetings, taking online classes, checking papers, preparing 12 sets of question papers for the upcoming exams etc. We are working on ALL Saturdays in November to compensate for the holidays.
@ChennaiRains
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#Chennai School kids, "Teachers" be ready. Tomorrow it's back to schoo timel. College students sollave vendaam. #ChennaiRains #WxwithCOMK
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(via Whatsapp) 🤭😭😂
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Chennai Twitter every time the skies look dark and grey: Waaw! Mazhai...Raja Sir.. Coffee...Bajji...Beach... Luru Twitter:
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Practising Hindu atheist is the new homely girl with a modern outlook.
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I am visiting my brother's place in Bangalore and he has a South-facing apartment. So, here is the Northern light from the other side of the room, that I am witnessing right now. #PovvoLife
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My old house owner sent me ONE RUPEE to check her net banking service and then returned the entire advance amount because they don't make tenants like me these days it seems! I received ONE RUPEE for good behaviour for four years. Feeling very accomplished.
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@himsini
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The son is in Mumbai doing his internship. He's an adult but he's still my kozhandhai ok? My heart is swelling with some seventeen million emotions as he's updating me about his work, colleagues, house hunting experience etc. I think I've raised him alright.
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" இந்த படத்துக்கு ஹீரோவும் நீதான், ரைட்டரும் நீதான். " Only 80s kids will get the reference.
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@himsini
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Son is starting work tomorrow & I eavesdropped on his phone call with my husband. I thought I heard him say "Beer adi 8 manikku." Was about to pick up a fight with the man for suggesting such a silly thing to calm the boy's nerves and he 'calmly' explained that it was 'Be ready'.
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@himsini
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Extremely silly decision by @rnadh to keep schools open today given the weather forecast. The entire stretch between Sholinganallur and Medavakkam is choked because of the metro work and bad roads. Don't even get me started about the interior lanes.
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There should be a blanket ban on husbands calling their wives from supermarkets. Like, how many more specific instructions do you need to get எறும்பு சாக்பீஸ்?!
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In their eulogy of Vivek, almost everyone refers to him as "Rommmba nallavan". That's how you want people to remember you. That's how you make an impact on people's lives. And that's how I want to go. Nothing else matters.
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So I'm quietly lying on the floor, watching a movie on Prime and I hear the sound of a plate sliding next to me. Turning around, I see Amma walking away slowly, leaving a plate full of snekks. She even turns around to check if I've noticed it. I might get used to this kinda life.
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Say what you want, but this woman has impacted the lives of a lot of women in ways that most of us will never understand and she deserves to be celebrated for that. Tekk 💗 @Chinmayi .
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"... it is especially vital that parents learn to parent in nonviolent ways. For our children will not turn away from violence if it is the only way they know to handle difficult situations."
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SPB - the actor. (Thread) Manadhil Urudhi Vendum (1987)
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I have saved my whole month's salary by being wise during this Amazon Prime Day sale. Here is a 🧵on how I did it: (1/1) Uninstall the bleddy app!
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Ordered donuts and received APPALAM for free! What randomness! 😂
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Don't make Covid jokes. I repeat. Please don't make Covid jokes. Someone just said, "Oh, I can't smell her food. But I don't think I have Covid because her cooking has always been like that... bwahaha" on Whatsapp and got some choicest curses from me. Don't be that person.
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Me to @Chinmayi after listening to தாபங்களே.. "உங்க நாயனத்துல தான் அப்படி சத்தம் வருதா இல்லை எல்லா நாயனத்திலும் அதே சத்தம் தான் வருமா ..."
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I was sitting on the school corridor this morning, drowned in work and consumed by my thoughts when a little one from class passed by and waved at me. I turned around to verify if she was indeed looking at me or someone else.
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It was 9:45 pm last night & I was riding my bike on my way back home after attending an event. Somewhere on the narrow lanes of CP Ramaswamy road, a biker swerved right without any indication; I stopped short and in reflex, looked back at him; shook my head and left the place.
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I've now realised why Appa doesn't pick up most calls. He has some carnatic music audio bit as his ringtone for both regular and WhatsApp calls. And he spends 75% of his waking hours listening to music. Fellow doesn't know if it's the music or the ringtone that's on. FOOL.
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Food is Amma's love language. The brother was running a half marathon today in Trichy and this woman has I'm met him at half-way mark with fruits and salts. If I have half her energy and zest for life at her age I'll be a very happy lady!I
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Wanted to know if the son had posted any Insta pictures saying ahaa-oho about me for Mother's Day, but he wouldn't accept my follow request. Have to mention that my earlier requests on different occasions were also denied. 🤭🤭 Planning to go in maaruvEsham.
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Better still, put all the ingredients in your mouth and chew them nicely. I'm not going back to a mortar and pestle. Nope.
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I've said this at least a hundred times - but you wouldn't have noticed because you've muted me - but I'll say it again : As of now, YouTube premium is the best platform for streaming music.
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The Son is coming back home from college.
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Two grade 4 boys behind me on the bus are debating about their college choices. 1: I'm going to MIT. You please don't come there, ok? You go to Harvard. I don't want to hear your jokes there too. 2. I am creating my own college. I'll call it 'MIT - Marshmallows Are Terrific'.
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If you haven't fought with each other for the கசண்டு ( or whatever you call this), are you even true siblings? (Yeah, it's upma for dinner. Closed for comments.)
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Hi from the hometown.
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So, if Srividya was 13 years old when she gave birth to Surya, and Surya's girlfriend went on to marry Srividya's second son - the collector; how old was Srividya when she got married? Also, if Dhalapathy was born in 1959 and the story is set to 1987, how old must Arvindswamy be?
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Lockdown. Breakdown. Meltdown. Shutdown.
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The Chennai bougainvillea scene is severely underrated. Kids, please start a hash tag or something.
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Beat this, you cowards! (He's in grade 1 and we are on the same bus AND...he loves me!) ❤️❤️❤️
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Me in the When kitchen Amma all by is around myself
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These kind of people exist. Yes, we exist. And I'd like to think we are perfectly normal.
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Really simple.
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This is not a photo op. One is 83 years old and the other is 76. These are the people who would ask us, "Eppo paar andha phone la enna dhaan irukkumo?!" Look at them now!
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Requesting Vishal to have one more peg and go sleep peacefully.
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I used to find this very fascinating as a kid and tried something similar today while invigilating an exam. The fake sense of power and authority that came along with it was truly top notch. 🤭
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Ending 2023 on a HIGH note because this happened this week!!! After ALL these years, I finally mustered enough courage to walk up to my God @sanjaysub and got a picture taken. This was engineered by two fellows one of whom is in the picture. @anantha
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According to the mothership, today is Gurupeyarchi and I am going to achieve great heights in life, beginning today. Y'all better watch out, ok?
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I just read the term 'prefondled produce' referring to vegetables you considered buying but decided against it and put back in the trays - and veggie shopping is never going to be the same anymore.
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Looking for best friends because existing best friends have better best friends.
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My favourite kinda Sunday involves lounging on my couch with a Raja playlist that immediately transports me to bus rides between Trichy & Kulithalai feeling the wind in our hair and not a care in the world, with the majestic Cauvery running alongside. Simpler, much happier times.
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Just finished reading all the 9 pages of Maya's Amma's take on feminism and menstrual cycles. I have just one question. What was she smoking?
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I think he was being (unnecessarily) incredibly patient with the hecklers. They should have either removed them off the hall or he should have just stopped singing. Bad behaviour during events is becoming normalised and it's about time we put an end to it.
@tparaval
ரசிகன்💎
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These vibe கன்னிs worst
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Of all the beautiful songs that @Chinmayi sang through the night, the only one I've been humming since morning is "Laksham calorie.." I blame @jaggenius for this.
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Just another day when I'm reminded of this epic moment. My most favourite screenshot.
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Four years ago on this day, I was at this place that literally took my breath away! 🥰❣️😭
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Are you this person who solely trusts the strength of your vocabulary, has different first word guesses every day, and doesn't seek any external help (scrabble anagram solver) to solve Wordle or am I alone?
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I wish I were that thoughtful when I was her age. I was really touched by her random act of kindness and this was the best thing that's happened to me so far in this otherwise shitty week.
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Kid had an online interview for his college admission today and locked himself in his room for almost an hour. Like a typical inquisitive mother, I asked, "What did they ask you?" Him: About me. Me: And..what did you tell them? Him: About me. End of story. Brb, washing my eyes.
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The effect of PM Modi’s road show in Bengaluru is profound!
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Came to visit parents for the holidays & Appa is sitting me down and talking about his finances & running me through the contents of his steel almirah. Nobody prepares you for the sting when you eventually realise that life is transient & fragile. Hold on to your dear ones, guys!
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Children, I came to a salon to get a haircut and then because I'm so gullible, I decided to colour my hair too and midway through the process they've done something to my hair and I'm now looking like Senthil from Jaihind. Please send help.
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I mean...what is this place?!
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A very genuine and thoughtful person gave this to me today and my day is glowing like surusuri kambi maththaappu.
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So, I ordered these shoe organisers off Am @zoN and labelled them with their names and suddenly we have a system in place! It's been over a week now and kids drop off their phones into the pockets without being instructed to do so and ask for permission before using them.
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I'm very curious about this particular folder in Appa's phone.
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Wordle is my new Raasi palan. First guess - UngaLidam aatral adhigam iruppadhaaga uNarveergaL. Second guess - Thottadhellam thulangum. Veli vattaarthil mariyaadhai koodum. Third- Podhuvaaga indraya naaL muzhuvadhum neengaL magizhchiyudanum urchaagathudanum kaaNappaduveergaL.
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I am McAdams. I haven't said a word. Please stop yelling at me. - Me to the Universe and everyone in it.
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After giving it a lot of thought and then some more, I have decided that going forward, my New Year will begin on March 19th. I have cancelled the globally agreed but cosmically arbitrary event that is January 1st due to personal reasons. Thanks for understanding.
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Sometime around last month, my neighbour asked me if she could employ the services of my house-help (let's call her K) and I immediately agreed as K was also looking for some additional work/income. Fast forward to December 3rd, K's house in Velachery was flooded due to Michuang.
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Space etiquette: Consider the following if you are planning to host a Space: 1. Give a proper title to your space. "OMG ayyaoo😍🥰🤣" is not a good example of a title. 2. Compose a tweet with the topic, set some basic expectations and pin it within your space.
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Metro's tag line reads: Inconvenience today. For a better tomorrow. Naa irukka maatene daa!
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